In a tragic incident, a 42-year-old woman and her minor son killed after a speeding car hit them while they were crossing road in southeast Delhi’s Sarita Vihar area on Monday. According to a senior police official, at 12:47 pm, an information was received regarding the accident at Sarita Vihar opposite Asia Pacific Mall.”Police rushed to the spot at U-turn on road number 13 opposite Asia Pacific Mall where an i10 Grand car was found in accidental condition. Two injured persons - identified as Rahela and her eight-year-old son Elamul Husain, residents of Jasola village, rushed them to Apollo Hospital where they were declared brought dead,” said the senior police official.
The woman was with her son and a daughter. They were crossing the road when the accident happened in which her daughter escaped unhurt, police said.
A case has been registered under sections 279 (rash driving) and 304A (causing death by negligence) of the Indian Penal Code at Sarita Vihar police station and investigation was taken up, the official said.
It was found that the accident was occurred due to the rash and negligent driving by the driver of the car who was identified as 26-year-old Nishkarsh Saxena. He has been arrested, police said.
Saxena was not under any influence of drug or psychotropic substance, police said.
The husband of the deceased works as caretaker in local mosque. A total of six members were there in the family of the deceased. She had three sons and a daughter. One son died on Monday and the other two died earlier due to jaundice, police added.